Ibrahim Kulaylat

Ibrahim Kulaylat was a leader of the Independent Nasserist Movement of Lebanon during the Lebanese Civil War.

Biography
Ibrahim Kulaylat established the anti-West Independent Nasserist Movement in 1958, made up of Sunnis, Shi'ites, and progressive Christians, leading 3,000 fighters in the Lebanese Civil War alongside Yasser Arafat. Kulaylat defended Beirut with dogged resistance until Israel withdrew from the city, and when he allied with the Lebanese Army, with Progressive Socialist Party and Amal Movement declared war on him. Kulaylat later went into exile in France.